G/TBT/N/UGA/1330  
28 May 2021  
(21-4440) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sacks and 
bags, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, having a base 
of a width of >= 40 cm (HS 481930); Packaging materials and accessories (ICS 55.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  866:2021, Paper sacks for packaging of cement — Specification, Second edition 
(17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for valve sewn -gusseted and v alve-pasted ends paper sacks for 
packaging of cement  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Ha rmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/512  
2. ISO 186, Paper and board — Sampling to determine average quality  
3. ISO 187, Paper board and pulps — Standard atmosphere for conditioning and 
testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of 
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  4. ISO 287, Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot — Oven-
drying method    
5. ISO 53 5, Paper and board — Determination of water absorptiveness — Cobb 
method    
6. ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage    
7. ISO 1924 -3, Paper and board — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: 
Constant rate of elongation method (100 mm/min)    
8. ISO 1974, Paper — Determination of tearing resistance — Elmendorf method    
9. ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determination of linear density 
(mass per unit length) by the skein method    
10. ISO 5079, Textile fibres — Determination of breaking force and elongation at 
break of individual fibres    
11. ISO 5636 -3, Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) 
— Part 3: Bendtsen method    
12. ISO 6590 -1, Packaging — Sacks — Vocabulary and  types — Part 1: Paper sacks    
13. ISO 7965 -1, Packaging — Sacks — Drop test — Part 1: Paper sacks    
14. ISO 8791 -2, Paper and board — Determination of roughness/smoothness (air leak 
methods) — Part 2:   Bendtsen method  
15. ISO 21067, Packaging — Vocabulary — Part 2: Packaging and the environment 
terms  
16. KS 2497:2013, Multi -wall paper sacks for packaging of cement - Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory standard by the 
Minister of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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